Ezekiel

English

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Alternative forms

• Ezek. (book of the Bible)

Etymology

Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (“God strengthens”).

Proper noun

Ezekiel

1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. A prophet mentioned in the Bible and in the Quran.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Ezekiel 1:3:

     The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

3. A male given name of biblical origin. First used by 17th century Puritans; rare today.

Related terms

• Zeke

Translations

book of the Bible

• Danish: Ezekiel
• Esperanto: Jeĥezkel
• Finnish: Hesekiel
• French: Ézéchiel
• German: Ezechiel (de), ( Protestant also) Hesekiel
• Greek: Ιεζεκιήλ (Iezekiíl)
• Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל (yekhezkel)
• Hindi: यहेज़क़ेल

• Italian: Ezechiele (it)
• Japanese: エゼキエル書 (ezekieru sho)
• Maltese: Ktieb Eżekjel
• Norwegian: Esekiel
• Russian: Иезекииль (Ijezekiilʹ)
• Slovene: Ezekiel
• Spanish: Ezequiel
• Swedish: Hesekiel

male given name

• Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל (yekhezkel)

• Spanish: Ezequiel

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Proper noun

Ezekiel

1. Ezekiel (biblical character)
2. the book of Ezekiel